The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-01-06

praying for his soul, bothered himself
about the proprieties Of the sick room and
said: "Give Dayboles q chair" Godfrey
Kneller spent his last hours on earth in
drawing diagram OF his cwn rroruntert
Compare the silly and horrible departure
Of such men with the seraphic glow on the
| face OF Edward Payson, as he said in his
last moments: 1.-THE breezes OF Heaven
fan me- float In a sea Of glory" Or,
with Paul, the Apostle, who said in his last
hour: al am now ready to be offered up,
and the time Of my departure is at hand,
i have fought the good Hght. have kept
the faith. Henceforth there ia laid up for
me a crown Of righteousness which the
Lord, my righteous Judge, will give meh
Or com pare IL with sire Christian death bed
that ycu Witnessed in your own household.
oh, my friends, this word is u false god
II will consume you with the blaze IN
which it accepts your sacrifice, while the
righteous shall be held In everlasting re-
membranes; and when the thrones have
fallen, and the monuments have rrunibled
and the world las persisted, they shall ban
quet with the cOnquerors of earth and the
hierarch of Heaven.
This is good day in which TO begin
new style of measurement How old art
thour' You see the Christian way Of meas
uriug hfo and the worldly way Of nisasurl
ing it. leave il to you tc say Which il the
wIssst Odd best way The wheel Of time
has turned very swiftly, and it has hurled
US on. The old year has gone. The new
year has conc For ~hlt tcT aEd have
heeL launched upon it, God only knows.
Now let me ask you all: Have you made
any preparation for the future! You have
made preparation for tipo, ny dear hroth'
nri have vO" r'sd~ aAv Tfrpdsattc" '+A
eternity! DO you wonder that when that
man on the Hudson river, in indignation,
tore up the tract which was handed to him,
and just one word landed on his coat sleeve
the rest Of the tract being pitched into
the river that ore wort AROUSED his soul.
1t was that ono Word SO long. 90 broad, so
high, 50 deep-"cternity" 4 lying wDn-
an, in her last nom snts, said Can il
back'',, Thet said WAT d. YOU want~
Thine" She sail; 'cau it backn Oh, it
can not be called back! Wemi yht lose our
fortunes and call thnm bl"k; we might
1852 our heath and perhaps recover it; we
might lose our good name and get that
back; but time gone is gDaa forever.
Some Of VOL, during the past year, made
preparation for cternity, and it makes no
difference to YOU r. ,l!y. "a to thu matter Of
other year whether this year or the next
year Both your feet On the rock, the
waves may dash around you. You can say:
tod Is our rouge aIt siren yth-a very
present help" Nou are ou the rock. and
!oa may defy all earth and hell to over
throw You. l congratulate you. give you
great joy. IT. is happy New Year to you.
To all Christians it is Il time Of gladness |
am glal the years are going. You are com
ing on nearer hoW". Let vOur cOuntenance
Tight u witt thc tho"yAt. Nearer home
Now. WaeI on" can soon n 90 y the con-
ter of things, is h not to BE- congratulated
Who wants II b. Away; in tag freshman
class! We study Col in this world by the
Biblical photograph OF HIM; bat W. all
know We can in FIVE IN nu,e, of interview
with frlanl get Il more accurate idea Of
hlm than W" can by studying him fifty
years through = ct1G2s or WORKS. Tn lit
liz chil that n q ut sis II )uths Of age
nnoyy mora 81 ali tIad all And over, an |
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ali I.dnb lrgh, and al tn" theological insti-
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